BTS Love Yourself: Tear

3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Throughout it all, the members of BTS affect melodic sincerity, singing with intensity and melisma, rapping in tones that show their effort and strain, as if caring never went out of style."
"On 'Singularity,' the album's introduction, singer V slinks in with a quiet confidence that sets the tone for the rest of the record. His rich, expressive voice blooms and lingers, like the smoke rising from a candle after it goes out."
Billboard - "The album's kaleidoscopic genre-hopping is exemplified by the emo-inflected lead single, 'Fake Love' --- which is not so much a departure as an addendum to the septet's sound."
Pitchfork (Website) - "The latest album from the masters of the K-pop formula is a slick, loosely thematic album about love and loss, with a stronger emphasis on rapping than ever before."